Machine for preparing wo of for the  manufacture of hair and grass cloth



"" .S'l-.ecilieation 'formingfpart' of '-Lftt't s Patent No, 138,796, dated" July lh, y

I Be itknown that l, JAMES Don-imitant'kan erson, in the county ol.4 Passaic, andgState o t New Jersey,-havcinvented alllachine forlreparing. loof for the Manufacture of Hair and v.Grrass Cloths, olwhich the following isa s'peciiication.V o s In the weaving of hair and gxnss cloths, as heretofore'practiced, it hasheen necessary to rmake the' widthfot'` the cloth correspond to the length ofthe hairor grass,.and `consequently the manufacture of said cloths of an available Width involved the waste ot' the larger part of' thehairfiorgrass, yit being too short to answer l the purpose. The cloth thus manufactured had no selvages andthe hair or grass projected at both edges oi the web, renderin it necessary,

in using the clothth at both edges should he 1 turned in or h emmed7 thus forming alarge and -ungainly seani. rlhe object ol' my invention is ,1 to obviate these and similar objections to the manufacture and use of hair and grass-cloths;

and it consists ot a machine vfor preparing woot' forweaving said cloths.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view ot' Y the machine. Fig. 2 is atop view ofthe same.

Fig. 3 is avertical longitudinal central section of the saine.

f' A isthe driringshal't, to which motion is given by steam ora-ny other power which may be convenient. Motion, by means of the spurgears B,G, and'), is given to the shai'tl), which .shaft, by means ot' the pulleys F and G and `the bandrH, gives motion to the shaft I. The

motion to the spindle S, which carries 'the spool T.

U is a' lframe hinged to the main fiume-work V of the machine in order to support the feed- ;-ing apparatus, and also to allow said frame to be dropped down out of the way when the 1nachine is not in use.

; W is an endless apron for carrying the hair vor grass forward to he acted upon hy the tlicrs,

, of which any desired number may be used and Aone of which is shown at The endless apron WV passes around the shafts l and Y, and molow spindle S.

tionisI communicated to. it"l by y'the lijevolution' simplyto diminish'j'r'ictioin Affare plates or 'division-hoardsdesignedl'to separate ,oli'tli'e shafts 1 andh.r theditfiferent emllessfa1'1ro1'is,. anyy number .ot which may he used, correspondingv to ythe lnumber ot' `separate woot-threads to. he 1n ade upon the ma'eh'hie and preventthehair or grass supplied toV cachot' theml from `heeojming mingled with that supplied tothe others,'and.als'ozto insureftlie fibers passingiintlie apron'llin such a way 4aste he acted lupon by the'fliers 1-X L The fliers X are attached to, the nut"whi'chQholds the vspoolfqlf `u pon v he Spi ndle a ndfarelcar'riedf yaroinid" by it in. its rex-'ollu-tion.if 'lheyare` ni'ad'cg'of Wire and bent in such a' way as to forni loops, through .wihicliutheA wra1`1ping-thread l'roi'n the ,spool is passed, which thread isy lcarried around .by

the revolution 'of the fliers X andwrapped'or wound around the hair or grass and the guiding-thread, as represented in the drawings. The free end ot' the iliers X is bent up at right angles or curved, so as to gather the straggling or scattered fibers as they pass or project from.

the endless apron and guide them toward the mouth-piece ot' the hollow spindle S, so that they may be drawn into said hollow spindle andcovered by thewiapping-thread, as represented in the drawings. The revolution of the spool T upon the hollow spindle S is regulated hy the pressure o't' the spring B"attached to the cross-beam G upon the said spool T. The free end ol' the spring l is allowed to ride upon the thread ofthe spool, hywhich means the pressure ot' the spring is diminished as the thread is graduali y unwound from the spool, so that the spool may revolve .more rapidly as the diameter ot' the coils ot"thread is diminished and the deli very oil the thread maintained at a uniform rate.

D is the, spool which carries the guidingthread, which passes l'roin-the spool D through the guide E attached to the t'rame U thence around the roller or 'shaft Yj, 4and along the upper surface ot' the endless apron W' to the hol- The guidingtln'ead is kept taut by the weight l1", suspended in such a way to ride upon the spool 1). Said weight .1.1"

maybe increased or lilninished, as may be necessai-y, to give the proper amount ot' friction. rlhe completed wooll passes from the rear or dclivery end ol the hollow spindle S, thence over the shaft E, and is'wound upon the spool K, to which motion vis given, as `before described.v

The supports G are hinged or pivoted to the frameU for convenience in dropping the frame U out. of the Way when not. in use, and espev eially 'to enable the height; of the front ot' the frame U tobe regulated to correspond lwith the stature of the feeder.- 4 p l y Each 'machine is designedto be furnished with several sets of aprons, spools, fliers, &c.,

the only limit To their number beingthe space which the machine is to occupy and the eapacity of the dr\-'ing-1'.o\ver. (The drawings'.

represent a machineealoulated for three sets.) The machine can be fed by boys or girls, and

lan lactive feeder can supply .i'ibersnto six or more sets o r aprons, the only care necessary being to place tliebcrson the endless apronbetween the division-.plates in snel*l a way that the smaller endsiofthe hair or grass shall' slightly overlap the larger ends et" the hair orv grass previously placed upon thevapron. v

AIn manufacturing dil'erent qualities etwoot'. differentl degrees of'spced may be ad\'ant'a` geous. rllhis is obtained byremoving the cog-l wheels U and D and supplying.,r their places by others of` different diameters. Provision is as may be rrtpiired.

made for this by constructingl the machine so that the relative position of the axle ofthe wheel with respect to the axles vof the wheels l?, and l) may he varied. .lhis is accomplished by constructing the liloelsl'l, which supports thc-axle of the wheel, (5, with long tenons for entering mortises in the frame V, as

represented in Figs. l and 8, so as to give said l block a'vertieal adjustment..l The axle ofthe wheel() 1s also secured in a horizontal slot, so

vthat by' loosening the nut, which secmi'essaid.

axle the axle is capable oi'a lateral adja'istn'cnt.

`By means of these two adji'lstlnents the rela- JAMES- lmWNi e,

-Witiiesscsz I Tues. Il. How, vJAMES T. GRAHAM. p 

